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αἰανής
αἰανής dreary, dismal, direful, horrid, νυκτὸς αἰανῆ τέκνα, νυκτὸς αἰανὴς κύκλος, αἰανὴς νόσος Aesch., Soph., etc. of Time, εἰς τὸν αἰανῆ χρόνον Aesch.; and so in adv. αἰανῶς for ever, Aesch. The prob. deriv. is from αἰεί, everlasting, whence may come the notion of neverending, wearisome, dreary.

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dreary, dismal, direful, horrid

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Headword:
αἰανής
Headword (normalized):
αἰανής
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αιανης
Intro Text:
αἰανής dreary, dismal, direful, horrid, νυκτὸς αἰανῆ τέκνα, νυκτὸς αἰανὴς κύκλος, αἰανὴς νόσος Aesch., Soph., etc. of Time, εἰς τὸν αἰανῆ χρόνον Aesch.; and so in adv. αἰανῶς for ever, Aesch. The prob. deriv. is from αἰεί, everlasting, whence may come the notion of neverending, wearisome, dreary.
IDX:
683
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n683
Key:
ai)anh/s

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